Intel releases next-generation 144-layer QLC 3D NAND SSD

Alper Ilkbahar, vice president of Intel’s data platform division and general manager of the Optane division, said: “This is a milestone for Intel’s memory and storage business. With the release of several new Optane products, Intel has not only continued its innovation , Further strengthens the memory and storage product portfolio, and will continue to empower customers to better cope with the complexity of digital transformation. At this stage, Optane products and technologies are increasingly becoming mainstream applications in the computing business. As an important component of Intel In part, these leading memory and storage products will further promote the rapid development of key growth areas including AI, 5G networks, intelligence and autonomous edge computing."

The two newly released Optane SSD products are Optane SSD P5800X and Optane H20 Hybrid SSD. According to Intel, the former is the fastest data center solid state drive in the world; the latter is a client-oriented product that can provide high performance and mainstream productivity for games and content creation.

In terms of NAND, Intel also released Intel’s next-generation 144-layer QLC 3D NAND SSD 670p for mainstream computing; the world’s first Intel SSD D7-P5510 with a 144-layer TLC NAND design to market; the industry’s first 144 Layer QLC NAND and Intel SSD D5-P5316 with higher density and stronger durability.

The three new NAND solid state disks represent that TLC and QLC as the mainstream technology of large-capacity solid state disks have officially entered a new era. Among them, the 3D NAND SSD 670p is Intel's next-generation 144-layer (QLC) 3D NAND SSD for mainstream computing. Intel SSD D7-P5510 is the world's first 144-layer TLC NAND SSD to be marketed, and Intel SSD D5-P5316 is the industry's first data center-level SSD with 144-layer QLC NAND.

In addition, Intel also revealed that it will soon release the third-generation Optane persistent memory code-named "Crow Pass" for cloud and enterprise users. It is understood that this memory is the best embodiment of Intel's vision to create a memory and storage solution with durability, large capacity, economy, low latency, and near-memory speed performance. Through Optane persistent memory, Intel reconstructed the memory and storage layer, and established a memory and storage layer with different capacities and performances based on it. In this way, it is possible to establish a two-layer memory architecture, with DRAM as the performance layer and persistent memory as the capacity layer. From a storage point of view, Optane persistent memory can be used as a performance layer based on the NAND mass storage layer.

At the same time, Intel Optane persistent memory is connected to the CPU through a double data rate bus, which can directly load and store access at the speed of DRAM. At the same time, it is also non-volatile and combines the best characteristics of memory and storage.

Through its third-generation Optane persistent memory code-named "Crow Pass" and Xeon Scalable processors code-named Sapphire Rapids, Intel has further enhanced and expanded its unique memory and storage product competitiveness.